Kilivila language
Kilivila (Kiriwina) is one of the Kilivila–Louisiades languages (of the Austronesian language family), spoken in the Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea).[2] It is used in local schools.
| Kilivila | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Trobriand Islands |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kij |
| Glottolog | kili1267 |
Phonology
Phonology of Kilivila:[3]
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | ||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | pʷ | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | n | ||||||
| Fricative | v | s | |||||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | ||||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||||
Allophones
| Allophone | |
|---|---|
| /k/ | [k̠], [x̠], [k], [x] |
| /kʷ/ | [kʷ], [k̠ʷ] |
| /s/ | [s], [ʃ] |
| /m/ | [m], [m̩] |
| /ɾ/ | [ɾ], [r], [ʀ] |
| /i/ | [i], [ɨ] |
| /u/ | [u], [ʊ] |
External links
- A number of collections in Paradisec include materials in Kilivila
References
- Kilivila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Senft, Gunter; Senft, Professor of Linguistics Cognitive Anthropology Research Group Gunter; Levinson, Stephen C. (2000). Systems of Nominal Classification. Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780521770750. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- Senft, Gunter (1986). Kilivila: The Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Mouton Grammar Library, 3: Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.CS1 maint: location (link)
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